Battle of Carentan

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	Carentan Band of Brothers HBO
		[D-Day +2 - Carentan] Easy Company moves out from Utah beach, towards the town of Carentan.
		Carentan is an important spot because it is where Allied armor from Utah and Omaha will hook up.
		Private Albert Blithe (Marc Warren) experiences a battle wound from adjusting to battle, and is temporarily blind until Winters, who was shot by a ricochet in the leg, comforts him, and he regains his sight.
	www.geocities.com /secauth/bob/episodes/3.html (294 words)

	utah_3.txt
		As the battle for Carentan developed, the left and right wings of the division were coordinated to form a ring about the town, and within this ring a pincers closed in on the town itself.
		The attack was obviously directed at the recapture of Carentan, and it drove to within 500 yards of the edge of the city.
		During the night of 11-12 June Carentan was set ablaze by artillery, naval guns, 4.2-inch mortars, and several tank destroyer guns which fired on point targets from the 327th Glider Infantry's positions along the canal.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/wwii/D-Day/utah.beach/utah_3.txt (14920 words)

	UTAH.TXT
		The 6th Parachute Regiment, located near Carentan, had not been listed separately in VII Corps' enemy Order of Battle, but had been mentioned in intelligence reports of higher headquarters as part of the 91st Division.
		Of equal importance was the need for a prompt drive to Carentan to forestall the destruction of the locks in this area, to seal off the enemy's eastern approach to the beachhead, and to keep the Germans from driving a wedge into the initial gap between VII and V Corps.
		In the southern part of the division's sector two bridges across the Douve River, on the main highway northwest of Carentan and the railroad bridge to the west, were to be destroyed.
	www.etext.org /Politics/Jewell.Files/UTAH.TXT (22602 words)

	Carentan
		The “Battle of the Carentan Causeway” lasted for three days and was marked by fierce fighting to capture four bridges stoutly defended by the Germans.
		As they were advancing from the direction of Saint-Côme-du-Mont, they had no choice but to launch their attack along the N13 trunk road, the only way across the flooded marshes of the Douve.
		Airborne Division first needed to capture Carentan, which is what they set out to do on June 9
	www.normandiememoire.com /NM60Anglais/3_lieux_mem/lm02.htm (140 words)

	BF1942 - Carentan Custom Map
		A map focusing on the battle of a small French town called Carentan.
		Taking place in the small town of Carentan.
		the American forces off as long as they can if they loose control of Carentan then still have
	www.fileplanet.com /143173/140000/fileinfo/BF1942---Carentan-Custom-Map (188 words)

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